Orange Polska

Last updated
Orange Polska SA
Type Spółka Akcyjna
WSE:  OPL
Industry Telecommunications
Founded4 December 1991;31 years ago (1991-12-04) (as Telekomunikacja Polska)
16 April 2012;11 years ago (2012-04-16) (as Orange Polska)
Headquarters,
Key people
Liudmila Climoc (CEO)
Maciej Witucki  [ pl ](chairman of the supervisory board)
RevenueIncrease2.svg PLN 15.715 billion (2010) [1]
Increase2.svg PLN 0.107 billion (2010) [1]
Owner Orange S.A. (50.67%)
Number of employees
12,376 (2019)
Website www.orange.pl

Orange Polska (formerly Telekomunikacja Polska) is a Polish telecommunications provider established in December 1991. It is a public company traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with a controlling stake owned by Orange S.A., the latter controlling over 50% of this stake by 2002. It operates the following services: PSTN, ISDN, GSM 900/1800 network (+ 3G UMTS, 4G LTE and 5G NR), ADSL, IDSL, FTTH fibre Internet, Frame Relay, ATM and Inmarsat.

Contents

History

Telekomunikacja Polska was established in December 1991 as a joint stock company under the control of the State Treasury, following the split-up of the communist era state-owned PTT entity Polish Post, Telegraph and Telephone  [ pl ]. On 1 January 1992, the company began operations under the name of 'TP SA'. The company changed its ownership structure in 1998 and began trading on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2000. In the same year, the Treasury sold a 35% stake in TPSA to a consortium of France Télécom and Kulczyk Holding, with the consortium increasing its stake by a further 12.5% in 2001.

Headquarters in Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie 160 Siedziba spolki Orange Aleje Jerozolimskie 160.jpg
Headquarters in Warsaw, Aleje Jerozolimskie 160

On 21 December 2007, TP SA was fined PLN 75 million (approximately EUR 20.7 million) by the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection  [ pl ] for discriminating against its competitors on the internet services market. [2]

Full privatisation of the company was completed in May 2010. [3]

In 2010 the company reported that they had almost 500,000 pay TV subscribers, [4] with the number now being 695,000 (as of late 2012). [5] The company currently serves approximately 5.6 million broadband customers. [6]

In 2011, TP SA had a $430 million claim filed against them by GN Store Nord (GN), which owns 75% of DPTG, in the second phase of an arbitration trial. Bloomberg reported that, "DPTG won a 2.2 billion-krone award in September at an arbitration tribunal in Vienna. The tribunal said the company had improperly calculated what it owed DPTG for a fiber-optic transmission system the venture installed in 1991. "TP SA" owed payments based on data traffic over the network. The companies disagreed over how to measure the traffic and spent nine years in arbitration. The September award covered traffic from 1994 to 2004, and the new claim refers to 2004 to 2009. TPSA has not paid the first award and has filed a complaint about the arbitration, while GN has started enforcement proceedings in Poland and the Netherlands." [7]

On 16 April 2012, Telekomunikacja Polska was renamed as Orange Polska, in line with France Télécom's international telecommunications branding. [8]

Internet service

Orange Polska's ADSL service in Poland is called Neostrada. The service is widely available throughout the country and is one of the most heavily subscribed to in Poland. In addition, Orange Polska also operates one of the largest residential fibre Internet (FTTH) networks in the country, branded as Orange Światłowód.

Mobile network

Under branding as Idea OldIdeaLogo.jpg
Under branding as Idea
The network was formerly known as PTK Centertel, the brand name of its previous analogue mobile network Centertel logo.png
The network was formerly known as PTK Centertel, the brand name of its previous analogue mobile network

Orange Polska mobile was founded in December 1991 to operate an analogue (first-generation) network under the Centertel brand. The network used Nordic Mobile Telephone standard known as NMT450i - working on 450 MHz band with some improvements copied from NMT900.

In 1998, it launched Idea, Poland's third GSM network, operating on both the 900 and 1800-MHz bands from the beginning. Until 2001, when the network stopped registering new subscribers for analogue services, Idea was known as Idea Centertel. Idea's slogan was Łączy Cię z ludźmi ("Connects you with people").

On March 2010, NMT network shutdown has been announced. [9] However, network had been kept operational until 2012 as it had a few hundred active users. [10] Former analogue customers were offered GSM contracts by 2012 to set up a CDMA2000 network on 450 MHz band.

Idea adopted the Orange brand name in 2005, although the operating company was still formally known as PTK Centertel until 31 December 2013. It, along with parent company Orange Polska S.A., is controlled by Orange S.A. The brand change took place simultaneously on 19 September 2005. The company sponsored a free concert in Warsaw by British musician Sting on 24 September 2005 for 150,000 of its clients to publicise the changeover.

The company also operates WLAN, 3G UMTS, 4G LTE and 5G NR networks in Poland. As of late 2011, the network had 14.7 million subscribers. [6]

In March 2013, Orange Poland (OPL) officially launched mobile access to the Internet using IPv6 protocol for its subscribers. Solution [11] is based on IPv6-only APN with CLAT/NAT64/DNS. Implementation of the 464xlat architecture. [12] is mandatory on device - CPE [13] [14]

Related Research Articles

Telecommunications in Poland include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T-Mobile International AG</span> Brand of telecommunications service by Deutsche Telekom

T-Mobile is the brand name used by some of the mobile communications subsidiaries of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG in the Czech Republic, Poland and the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eir (telecommunications)</span> Irish telecommunication company

Eircom Limited, trading as Eir, is a large fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland. The now privatised company, which is currently incorporated in Jersey, traces its origins to the Ireland's former state-owned monopoly telecommunication provider Telecom Éireann and its predecessors, P&T and before the foundation of the state, the telecommunications division of the GPO. It remains the largest telecommunications operator in Ireland and has overseas operations focused on the business and corporate telecom markets in the United Kingdom. The company was in majority state ownership until 1999, when it was privatised through a floatation on the Irish and New York Stock Exchanges.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MTS (telecommunications)</span> Russian largest mobile network operator

MTS, headquartered in Moscow, is the largest mobile network operator in Russia, operating on GSM, UMTS and LTE standards. Apart from cellular network, the company also offers local telephone service, broadband, mobile television, cable television, satellite television and digital television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beeline (brand)</span>

Beeline, formerly Bee Line GSM is a telecommunications brand by company PJSC VimpelCom, founded in Russia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orange Slovensko</span>

Orange Slovensko, a.s. is a Slovak mobile network operator, also offering fibre connections, since 15 January 1997, when it became the first mobile operator in Slovakia to operate the GSM digital mobile network at the 900 MHz frequency. On 15 November 1999, the company launched the commercial operation of the mobile network in the 1800 MHz frequency band. It is also the first company to cover more than 66% of the country with 3G HSDPA high-speed internet with the maximum speed of 42 Mbit/s, launched the HSPA+ upgrade to the maximum of 21.2-42.2 Mbit/s in 2011. The operator plans to commercially operate LTE network by the end of 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tele2</span> Multinational telecommunications company

Tele2 AB is a provider of mobile and fixed connectivity, telephony, data network services, TV, streaming and global Internet of Things services, amongst others, to consumers and enterprises. It is headquartered in Kista Science City, Stockholm, Sweden. It is a major mobile network operator in Sweden, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Proximus is the largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications companies and is a part of Proximus Group. It competes with Orange Belgium and Base.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paktel</span> Pakistani cellular operator

Paktel was the pioneer cellular operator of Pakistan. It was the trend setter company granted license to carry out cellular phone services in Pakistan, set up by Cable & Wireless. It carried out AMPS services until 2004 when the company switched to GSM technology.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orange España</span> Mobile and internet provider

Orange Espagne S.A.U., more commonly known by its trade name of Orange España, is a mobile network operator in Spain. It was previously known as Amena, a brand of Retevisión, until 2005, when it was bought by France Télécom. Its competitors are Movistar, Vodafone Spain and Grupo MásMóvil’s Yoigo network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Free (ISP)</span> French telecommunications company

Free S.A.S. is a French telecommunications company, subsidiary of Iliad S.A. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications to consumers in France. Its head office is in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and it is the second-largest ISP in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spektrum Tower</span>

The Spektrum Tower is a highrise office tower in Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located at 14/16 Twarda Street in the Warszawa-Śródmieście central business district of the city and used to house the headquarters of its investor, the telecom operator Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., with some space being leased to other companies.

P4 sp. z o.o., known as Play, is a Polish cellular telecommunications provider. Play was founded in 2007 and has gradually increased its local market share, up to 27% as of 2017. In September 2020, Play became part of French Iliad. Before being sold, Iceland's Novator Partners, led by Icelandic businessman Thor Bjorgolfsson, acquired a large stake in the company. As of November 20, 2020, Iliad owns 96,66% of Play.

Hutchison Asia Telecom Group or HAT, is a division of Hong Kong-based multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings. The division provides telecommunications services to several Asian countries. The division was formerly incorporated as Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited, known as Hutchison Telecom or HTIL in short. It was an offshore company in the Cayman Islands and a listed company in the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. It operates GSM, 3G and 4G mobile telecommunications services in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam under brands 3, Hutch and Vietnamobile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wirtualna Polska</span> Polish media company

Wirtualna Polska is a group of companies operating in the media and e-commerce sectors. The WP Group owns the Wirtualna Polska horizontal portal founded in 1995 and known for being the first internet portal in Poland. It is currently the second largest online news source and one of the most quoted news media in the country. According to the Gemius/PBI surveys around 21 million Poles use WP's internet products every month.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Partner Communications Company</span>

Partner Communications Company Ltd. doing business as Partner, formerly known as Orange Israel, is a mobile network operator, internet Wi-Fi, fixed telephony service and OTT/IPTV provider in Israel. It was formerly operating under the Orange brand name until 16 February 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zong (mobile network)</span> Pakistani mobile network operator

CMPak Limited, doing business under brand name Zong, is a Pakistan based mobile data network operator, owned by the company China Mobile.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T-Mobile Polska</span> Polish mobile phone network operator

T-Mobile Polska S.A. is a Polish mobile phone network operator. The company was formerly named Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa and operated under the name Era, until being rebranded as T-Mobile on 5 June 2011. As in other European countries, the company operates a GSM network. Following a decade-long ownership dispute with the French Vivendi corporation, the company has been wholly owned by the German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom since 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Idea Cellular</span> Former Indian telecommunications company

Idea Cellular (commonly referred to as Idea was an Indian mobile network operator based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. Idea was a pan-India integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018. Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone and is now known as Vodafone Idea or Vi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Serce and Rozum</span> Fictional characters and mascots for Orange Polska

Serce and Rozum are the official mascots of Orange Polska, a telecommunications provider in Poland. They appeared for the first time in a series of commercials in 2010, and since then have become one of the most successful advertising campaign in Poland. They were originally created by the Publicis advertising agency for Telekomunikacja Polska. They appeared in a television commercial for the last time in 2016. They continue to be present on their social media, such as on their Facebook page, which is the most followed Polish-language page on the website. They are talking stuffed toy roommates. Serce is an anthropomorphic heart acting on its emotions and Rozum is an anthropomorphic brain with glasses who guides himself with logic. Serce and Rozum are voiced by Jarosław Boberek and Michał Sitarski, respectively.

References

  1. 1 2 "Telekomunikacja Polska - skonsolidowany raport roczny". Bankier.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. "Office of Competition and Consumer Protection". Uokik.gov.pl. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  3. "(Translated) Complete privatisation of TPSA". Polish Treasury. May 8, 2010.
  4. Dziadul, Chris (2010-10-27). "Polish telco nears 0.5m TV subs". Broadbandtvnews.com. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
  5. Dziadul, Chris (2012-10-25). "Orange Polska comes under pressure". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  6. 1 2 "The Company". Orange Poland. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  7. "GN Store Nord Unit Files 2.4 Billion-Krone Claim Against TPSA". Bloomberg. Bloomberg L.P. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  8. "The future's orange for TPSA Polish telecom". Thenews.pl. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  9. Przemysław Poznański (2010-01-07). "Analogowy Centertel odchodzi w marcu do lamusa". wyborcza.biz (in Polish). Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  10. Witold Tomaszewski. "20 lat telefonii komórkowej w Polsce". telepolis.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  11. "PLNOG 13: M. Czerwonka, T. Kossut: IPv6 in mobile network". 2 October 2014.
  12. "v6ops Info Page". Ietf.org. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  13. Customer-premises equipment
  14. IPv6 transition mechanism#464XLAT